Annual salary
$46,500
Texas · salary schedule · 2025-26
Kilgore ISD salary schedule, 2025-26
Pay Scale for Full-Time Teachers (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Kilgore ISD's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $46,500 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 0) and tops out at $73,165 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 30 & Over), per Kilgore ISD (effective ).
- The grid has 1 column columns and 31 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 30 & Over.
- Kilgore ISD enrolled 3,725 students in 2023-24, the 230th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
Pay Scale for Full-Time Teachers (2025-26)
| Years of Experience \ Column | New Hire Salary |
|---|---|
| 0 | $46,500 |
| 1 | $47,815 |
| 2 | $48,215 |
| 3 | $50,715 |
| 4 | $51,195 |
| 5 | $55,595 |
| 6 | $55,995 |
| 7 | $56,395 |
| 8 | $57,795 |
| 9 | $58,365 |
| 10 | $58,965 |
| 11 | $59,565 |
| 12 | $60,115 |
| 13 | $61,015 |
| 14 | $62,115 |
| 15 | $63,215 |
| 16 | $64,315 |
| 17 | $65,195 |
| 18 | $66,065 |
| 19 | $66,965 |
| 20 | $67,715 |
| 21 | $68,315 |
| 22 | $68,915 |
| 23 | $69,665 |
| 24 | $69,915 |
| 25 | $70,665 |
| 26 | $71,365 |
| 27 | $71,965 |
| 28 | $72,365 |
| 29 | $72,765 |
| 30 & Over | $73,165 |
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Per month (12)
$3,875.00
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $47,815 | +$1,315 |
| 2 | $48,215 | +$1,715 |
| 3 | $50,715 | +$4,215 |
| 4 | $51,195 | +$4,695 |
| 5 | $55,595 | +$9,095 |
Worked example as rendered: New Hire Salary, years of experience 0 = $46,500 a year, $3,875.00 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Salaries are based on 10-month employment for 2025-26.
Subject-area stipends printed alongside the grid: $2,500 Special Ed Life Skills, $5,500 bilingual.
- Soft spot: 2025-2026 is the newest teacher pay plan linked from the Kilgore ISD Human Resources page as of 2026-09-08; no 2026-27 scale is published there.
How this schedule moves
On the New Hire Salary column a teacher moves from $46,500 at years of experience 0 to $73,165 at years of experience 30 & Over: 30 years of experience increases worth $889 each on average, 57% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $4,400, between years of experience 4 and years of experience 5.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Kilgore ISD's starting pay ranks 271st and its top cell ranks 236th; the state medians are $57,000 to start and $77,820 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 36th percentile and the top cell at the 27th percentile.
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilgore ISD | 3,725 | 2025-26 | $46,500 | – | $73,165 |
| Jarrell ISD | 3,713 | 2026-27 | $54,600 | – | $84,759 |
| Castleberry ISD | 3,740 | 2026-27 | $20,000 | – | $87,892 |
| Huffman Independent School District | 3,679 | 2025-26 | $60,700 | – | $76,200 |
| Alvarado Independent School District | 3,782 | 2025-26 | $56,250 | – | $85,070 |
| Decatur ISD | 3,811 | 2026-27 | $57,500 | – | $74,550 |
Starting pay is the first years of experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years of experience cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Kilgore ISD schedule?
$46,500 at years of experience 0 on New Hire Salary, per the 2025-26 schedule (Kilgore ISD).
What is the top of the Kilgore ISD salary schedule?
$73,165, at years of experience 30 & Over on New Hire Salary (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Kilgore ISD salary schedule?
On the New Hire Salary column the top figure, $73,165, is reached at years of experience 30 & Over, 30 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Jarrell ISDstarts $54,600
- Castleberry ISDstarts $20,000
- Huffman Independent School Districtstarts $60,700
- Alvarado Independent School Districtstarts $56,250
- Decatur ISDstarts $57,500
- Lake Dallas ISDstarts $60,000
- Tuloso-Midway ISDstarts $54,500
- Needville ISDstarts $58,000
- Paris ISDstarts $33,960
- Calallen Independent School Districtstarts $54,060
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